Liquid-supply apparatus for washboards.



PATENTED JULY 18, 1905.

J. A. DE VITO, LIQUID SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR WASHBOARDS.

APPLICATION FILED 110V. 18,1904.

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JOHN A. DE VITO, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

LIQUID-SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR WASHBOARDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 795,203, dated July 18, 1905.

Application filed November 18,1904:- Serial No. 233,272.

To a, whom it puny concern:

Be it known that I, JonN A. De Vrro, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of hlassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Liquid-Supply Apparatus for ashboards, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to improvements in liquid-supply apparatus for washboards; and it has for its object the washing of clothes with hot or cold water with or without liquid soap or soapy water supplied to the washboard, as will be hereinafter more fully shown and described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is afront elevation of the apparatus, showing the set washtub in section. Fig. 2 is a partial top plan view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3 3 shown in Fig. 1. Fig. A is an enlarged section on the line 4 c shown in Fig. l, and Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross-section on the line 5 5 shown in Fig.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on the diiferent parts of the drawings.

In the drawings, A represents a set washtub secured to the wall B, as usual. To one end of the set tub is detachably secured a suitable bracket O, preferably hooked over the end of the tub, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Upon said bracket is detachably supported a tank D, divided, by means of a diaphragm (Z, into an upper compartment D and a lower compartment D. The upper compartment D contains a soapy solution E, and the lower compartment D contains hot or cold water E", as shown in Fig. 4:.

(Z is a removable cover on top of the tank D, which maybe removed when filling the compartment l)" with the soapy solution.

Above the diaphragm (Z is arranged within the compartment 1) a delivery-pipe F, provided with exitsff, coinciding with a perforation (1 in the diaphragm (Z, as shown, for the purpose of discharging part of the contents of the soapy solution E into the water E", as shown in Fig. i. \Vithin the pipe F is arranged a slide-valve F, which when drawn out, as shown in Fig. 4, allows the soapy solution E to pass out through the perforations f f and d into the lower water compartment D for mixing it with the Wa' ter E contained in the lower compartment, as shown in Fig. 4. When it is desired to close the supply from the upper to the lower compartment, the valve-stem F is pushed in, so as to close the orifices connecting the upper and lower compartments.

\Vithin the upper part of the lower compartment is located a water-supply pipe Gr, provided, at its inner end preferably, with a spray-nozzle g, as shown in Fig. 4. The outer end of said water-supply pipe is suitably connected, preferably by a rubber tube Or, to a V-pipe G to hot and cold water supply pipes H and H, provided with cut-offs h 7L, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. To the lower end of the compartment D is connected a discharge-pipe I, providedv with a cook or cut-ofl' 1'. The outer end of the pipe I is connected by a flexible rubber pipe K to a washboard supply-pipe L, adapted to be fitted in recesses m m in the sides of the washboard M, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 5. The under side of the washboard supply-pipe L is provided with perforationsZ I, through which the liquid is discharged onto the washboard and the clothes'during the operation of washing the latter. One end of said supply-pipe L is closed, as shown in the left-hand end of Fig. 5, the other end being connected to the pipe K, as shown in said Fig. 5. To the closed end of the perforated pipe L is attached a suitable hook I, by means of which said pipe can readily be attached to the side of the washboard. To the other end of the pipeL is connected a longitudinally-adjustable hook 6", by means of which the other end can be connected to the washboard, according to the width of the latter.

Near the upper end of the lower water-compartment D are diametrically-opposed overflow or discharge openings (6", of which the one facing the set tub is normally kept open to allow the excess of the liquid in the compartment D to be discharged in the set tub. The opposite discharge-opening (Wis normally held closed by a suitable cap or stopper cl.

(Shown in Fig. 1.) In the bottom of the set tub is the usual discharge or drain pipe a, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

In using the device the upper compartment D is filled with soapy water or a soapy solution, and the lower compartment containshot or cold water, as may be desired. The washboard is placed in the set tub, as shown, and the perforated wash-pipe L is attached to the washboard and to the tube K, connected to the lower compartment D, as described. \Vhile the clothes are rubbed on the washboard hot or cold water may be supplied thereto for rinsing purposes by closing the valve F, or a soapy solution can be applied to the clothes by opening the said valve F and the valve 2 causing the soapy solution from the compartment D to pass through the perforations ff (,Z into thelower compartment and become thoroughly mixed to the desired degree with such hot or cold water in the lower compartment and discharged through the perforated pipe L onto the clothes and wash board. The soapy solution and water are thus caused to intermingle by agitation before being supplied to the washboard during the washing operation.

The advantage of this apparatus is that a regulated supply of hot or cold water can be conveyed to the washboard during the washing operation. The supply of the water or soapy solution can be regulated according to the size of the washing.

I dispense with the labor of supplying soap by hand, as the soapy water is automatically fed to the washboard. The strength of such soapy solution can readily be regulated by the valve and cut-ofl' to cleanse all kind of garments, and the temperature of the water or solution can be regulated for the harmless washing of woolens and fabrics of delicate colors.

\Vhen not in use, the tank can be detached and placed in the set tub, as shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 3.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a liquid-supply apparatus, a tank divided vertically into an upper and lower compartment, a valve arranged between the upper and lower compartments, a hot and cold.

water supply pipe communicating with the lower compartment, a regulating cut-oil attached to the latter, and a perforated deliver ypipe attached to said tank, substantially as set forth.

2. In a liquid-supply apparatus for washboards,atank havingcommunicating compartments, a valve for controlling said communication, a hot and cold water supply pipe having a regulatingvalve communicating with one of the said compartments, a perforated pipe carried by the \vashboard, and a flexible pipe connecting said perforated pipe with the tank.

3. In a tank having compartments, a valvecontrolled communication between the same, a hot and cold water supply pipe having regulating means leading into one of the compartments and terminating in a nozzle, an overflow for the tank, and a delivery-pipe having a perforated end for one of the compartments.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. DE VITO.

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ALBAN VANDRITIN, J OHN J. PoDoKKn. 

